ESTRELLAS ENIGMÁTICAS Y DÓNDE ENCONTRARLAS: LA BÚSQUEDA DE ESTRELLAS SIMBIÓTICAS EN LA VÍA LÁCTEA

Daniel Felipe Mera-Valverde

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Se presenta una revisión del fenómeno de las estrellas simbióticas, con énfasis en su evolución histórica, sus firmas espectrales características y su clasificación en sistemas shell-burning y accreting-only. Se discute el problema del censo galáctico, así como las limitaciones de los métodos actuales de identificación, incluidos los basados en aprendizaje automático. Finalmente, se destacan los aportes recientes del Departamento de Astronomía de la Universidad de Guanajuato en el desarrollo de herramientas para la detección de simbióticas del tipo accreting-only,

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